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BlueProton High-Gain BT3 23dbm Wireless G USB 2.0 802.11g Adapter
 
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BlueProton High-Gain BT3 23dbm Wireless G USB 2.0 802.11g Adapter

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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

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Customers buy this item with Bluetooth USB 2.0 Micro Adapter Dongle $2.10

BlueProton High-Gain BT3 23dbm Wireless G USB 2.0 802.11g Adapter + Bluetooth USB 2.0 Micro Adapter Dongle
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Technical Details

  • 23 dBm high-power high-gain performance (200mW)
  • AP mode, PSP X-Link, QoS, WMM
  • Built-in Antenna and Heatsink
  • WLAN Configuration Utility and drivers
  • , Wi-Fi, CE & FCC Certified
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 3 x 0.5 inches ; 3 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • ASIN: B001GQLLSW
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: September 26, 2008

Product Description

Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g I/O Interface: USB2.0/1.1 Frequency Band: 2.412GHz ~ 2.484GHz unlicensed ISM band Data Rate: IEEE 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps,IEEE 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps Transmitter Power: 22dBm 1dBm (High-powered for better reception and transmission) Receive Sensitivity:11Mbps: <-82dBm @8%PER. 54Mbps: <-70dBm @8%PER. Operating Range: Up to 500M, depending on surrounding environment Power Consumption: Transmit:<350mA, Receive:<270mA Security: WEP (64/128bit or 256-bit), WPA-PSK, WP2-PSK, WPA 802.1X, WPA2 802.1X Operating System: Windows98SE, ME, 2000, XP, SP2, x64, Vista, MAC (V10.3 an dV10.4), Linux Kernel V2.6.6 and after Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 55 Celsius Storage Temperature: -20 ~ 70 Celsius Humidity: 5 ~90% (non-condensing) Size: 78(L) x 27(W) x 13(H) mm Weight: 18g



 

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Compact High Power USB Wireless Adapter, June 26, 2009
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R. Rue "roashru" (FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This high powered USB WiFi adapter seems to work fine the WiFi adapters receive is lower than the norm due to the internal antenna it has. All of my access points are 21dbm (130mW) or higher and have found this WiFi adapter will penetrate walls far better than other common low priced low powered adapters of the same size. The MAC number is Realtek of Taiwan. The first thing you should do if you purchase one is download the current drivers for RTL8187B the files on the little disk are 2 years old!.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for, May 23, 2009
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Kenneth Finnegan (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Make no mistake, you get what you pay for with this. I bought it to use with my G3 running Ubuntu 9.04. Just as they claim, it worked right away, and the drivers for it are fine. Note that this thing gets extremely hot. Mind-blowingly hot. I can't believe it doesn't have a straight up heating element in it hot.

The real problem is the power, or lack there of (sounds like a poor antenna in it, doesn't it?). This thing doesn't go very far. From the next room, it received my AP fine (60-100%), but the router (WRT54GL) was only receiving it 8-10 dB above the noise floor, which is a poor connection. My Dell laptop in the same place comes in +28-30 dB. This means that I can only get a 150-300 kBps connection from the next room, and is quite unreliable.

Does this mean that it's useless? Not at all. For in class, or a coffee shop, it works. A good rule is that if you're in the same room as the AP, you stand a good chance of getting in. Don't try and use this thing to get across your house because you're too lazy to run CAT6 cable; It won't work.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Real real IFFY..., December 26, 2008
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I purchased one of these because I was having trouble getting a wireless signal to a visiting friend in his travel trailer about 25 yards away.

While one would think that virtually any wireless system would easily send a line of sight signal that far, not the case here. Just wouldn't penetrate his trailer even with the wireless receiver line of site in his window...

So ultimately I hedged all bets, added a 7db gain antenna to my D-Link router and tried this unit in his computer figuring that even allowing for massive interference and signal loss, we should still get a gain of at least 10 db. No such luck.

In fact, this unit basically got the same range/distance/signal (or lack thereof) as my USB D-LINK DWL-G132 with no gain.

What this unit DID GET was ***HOT***! VERY, VERY, VERY HOT! Almost too hot to touch.

SCARY HOT!

NOT RECOMMENDED. Sorry.
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